: a muscle serving to bend a body part (such as a limb)
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Instead of stretching your glutes after sitting, focus on stretching your hip flexors, quadriceps, hamstrings, and lower back.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
26 June 2026 Viewers watched as Swindel battled with some injuries during her fourth year, including issues with her hip flexor that affected her high kicks.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026 Marching in Place Marching in place helps challenge your single-leg stability while also strengthening your hip flexors, core, and postural muscles, all crucial for balance and stability.—
Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
26 May 2026 York’s hip flexor flared up, and Stewart pleaded with him to stop running.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for flexor
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Latin flectere "to cause to go in a different direction, bend, curve" (of uncertain origin) + -tor, agent suffix